A few questions: 1. What kind of access methods will you support (POSIX filesystem, NFS, object store)?
2. What kind of performance do you need? 3. Aside from replication/snapshots, do you need backups? 4. What kind of reporting do you need? Skylar On 08/27/2015 01:27 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Help! I'm being sucked into the FUD Zone! > > [QUE THEME MUSIC https://youtu.be/a1sf2CzEq0w] > > I'm evaluating proposals for new SAN storage for our HPC cluster. My > requirements aren't fancy (~6TB SSD, ~80TB spinning rust, FC & iSCSI > connectivity, redundant controllers, no need for tiering, replication, > snapshots). Most of the responses to the RFP are pretty similar in terms > of hardware, performance specs, etc. > > One proposed system is based on an Infortrend DS4016 array & attached > JBOD, and has a much (much, I mean _much_) lower cost. > > The various resellers are making very strongly worded & weakly supported > claims as to why their storage is worth a premium price, or why their > storage is just as good at a much lower price. > > In an attempt to get out of the storage reseller twilight zone, I'd really > like to hear from anyone who has had first-hand experience with Infortrend > products (bonus points if you've had any issues requiring support). > > I'd also be interested in feedback on this kind of 'less-than-tier 1' > storage in general, particularly in comparison to Netapp/Fujitsu/DDN/Dell, > etc. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
